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Justice Deferred Is Justice Denied: We Must End Our Failed Experiment In Deferring Corporate Criminal Prosecution, Peter Reilly
Justice Deferred Is Justice Denied: We Must End Our Failed Experiment In Deferring Corporate Criminal Prosecution, Peter Reilly
Peter R. Reilly
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The Effect Of Hawaii’S Ban The Box Law On Repeat Offending, Stewart D'Alessio, Lisa Stolzenberg, Jamie Flexon
The Effect Of Hawaii’S Ban The Box Law On Repeat Offending, Stewart D'Alessio, Lisa Stolzenberg, Jamie Flexon
Lisa Stolzenberg
The social stigma accompanying an official criminal record hinders the ability of an individual to acquire quality and stable employment, which is problematic because of the often reported nexus between unemployment and criminal behavior. Ban the box laws that limit an employer’s use of criminal background checks during the hiring process are being established across the country to help integrate ex-offenders into the labor force. The current study investigates whether Hawaii’s 1998 ban the box law reduced repeat offending in Honolulu County. Logistic regression results show that a criminal defendant prosecuted in Honolulu for a felony crime was 57% less …